Group urges Jonathan to redeem promises

president Goodluck Jonathan has been urged to
redeem his 2011 election promises to the
people of the Southeast.
In a communiqué in Lagos at the end of its
meeting yesterday, the National Chairman of
the Enugu Peoples Assembly (EPA), Patrick
Mba, complained that the President made a lot
of promises, which are yet to be fulfilled.
The group complained that the Southeast had
been marginalised by the Jonathan
administration.
Mba said: “The EPA is at a loss as to why
nothing seems to be happening politically in
the Southeast, despite the calibre of Ndigbo in
the Jonathan-led cabinet.
“The President promised Ndigbo functional
seaports at Onitsha in Anambra State and
Oguta in Imo State; dry inland port at Aba in
Abia State; power plant at Oji River in Enugu
State; completion of the second Niger bridge at
Onitsha; fixing of Enugu–Onitsha Express road
and Enugu–Port-Harcourt, among others.
“All these promises are yet to take off in some
instances and there is no federal presence in
the Southeast, despite our overwhelming
support for the President during the last
election.”